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OFFICE OF TIIE CITY II&OSECUTOR OF IyIANTIA2nd &3rd Fh,., Mairila City Hall

DR. EA,IILY D. DE LEON,C,rrnplainant,

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ATTY. ERNESTO L. DE LOSllcsl-rr_rnclent,

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CHECK NO,

483016:1434830163954

48301.64198

4830166e82

4830167344

I.S. I\IO" OSJ - 1740?.

FOR: ESTAFA

SANTOS,

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fDATE

12 April 200828 May 2008L2 Jtrne 2008

27 lune, 2008

05luly 2008

AA40UNT Markings

P2,000.00 Annex "D"P2,000.00 Annex ttAtt at ttct)

P2,000.00 .Annex "E" i

P2,000.00 Annex "F"P2,000,00 Anrlex "G"

The complainant, who appears to have been authorize.l by the Board o{

Trustees of UIr,l to file the instant compiaint ('Arlrex A, Reply), alieged that the

respondent instructed one Hilda R. Beleno of the Accoturting Dei:artrnerrt of the

unjriclsit,v lti iss;ttc Ll:rc sr-rbje<.'t.t:lt,.,r'l':r; t\rLr.I tl,hcn (}-uLnnr,va v\iil$ r.ro longet'

corxlec le<l',r,ith the uriversity.

RESOi,UTIOhI

,ffi' The cc,rnplainant, rarho clqims to be the President of tire Liniversity ofIr,Ianila (Lih,I), acqru€s the responclenr of clefrauding tl-- rr*,.r;;;:;^,n-ri n.allegeclJy pocketed the proceecis of ancl/or depositing to l'ris perional, barikaccorurt certain checks issued to a certain Romeo Gunnawa. I

Recorils disciose that the folior,ving fuIetrobank checks ]vere issuect by LIIvI. ./ J

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fofineriy ur drarged' of the Collection/Cash nepar:ment of the Be,guet pir.resToulist kur which is operated by the uriversity, allegeci that she vvas aware ofthe irregularity of the instructions given by the respoident since Gtuurawa wasrro lo*ger an employee cf ,the school yetj'the

"urior,dent pr..,ruri-d;"1 ^*,since the respondent is the vice-Piesiclent of the university.'she added that she

asked a ceriain yolly caranza, also :an employee of. rhe ;d;il;, ;,]*" u.,-checks Lls she r,vas apprehensirre that- she rni$ht be rmplicate.l ilt ,h;ilregularjties comrnitied. v

*: The complainant added that the resp'ondent signed an August (2008)ihlck issued to Gunnawa and that the same ,u,u, .r,.ustrea by Josept i.* pinera.

The respondent, who clarifiecl that his corrrect name is Ernest o (de losSantos, vehernently deniec{ the cornnlainantls accwations apcl ilterposecl thefoilor,ving ciefenses: I

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I- ;- /1' He carmot be indicted for: Estafa since no dernancl vvas u-rade upon.

him prior to the filing of tn* *rtu"t **pir*, ,*it-, tru, office.

2' The perusal of the: subject checks reveals that the salne !.veredeposited/credited to kjetr,obank Account No.' 3-012460570 ivhichbeionB not to him, br-rt to tJre Llniveriity.

4ffi,1. :ihe complainant failecl to i-rroduce the August Z00tg check whicha1legedIy bears the lesponclent,s signature.

4' F{e had. no participation in ihe preparation of the checks. The checkscieariy show that the same were signecl i:y the cornplainant ancl

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5. Grnrnawa executed a su/orn statement . coffi'ming that he hadreceived the proceeds of . h{etrobank check Nos. 4c9.tg16,rtn4e3 0 1 64 i. 98, 483 0'1 /r 6982 ar"r d,,lS 30 1 623 44.

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' To f-)I'ove his allegations, tile responclent subrnittecl a Certificatio*, clatecl

; ]9 N'Iay 2009, issued by the Branch op.rution, nt^"rf.r "r Baguio-N,Iagsaysay

' Brandr of lvletrobank which discloses that fou. of the subject birecks(Merrobar'*. C treck Nos. 483016s9s/t 4$0.f SitSA, *rOrOUrg2 ancl +],sjotoZll+)wet'e cle1:c>sireci io lvletrobarrh Accorrnt No. oos-g-olz!46057-0 *iri.r.l i*:iongs t<>tlre Unir"ersitlr of fuJanita (Annexes "1" ancl ',2,,, Cotlrtter-Affidairit). uu"Jrosubrnittecl tire s\,'voln ,tut.*.r"ri

"i-n."eo L. Gururaua (A*nex ,,3,,, Co.rnter-Affidar,'iQ.

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{n"} The complainant filed her Reply ancl reiterlated that there is probable catueqrr.r

to indict the lespond.ent $.ith the oftense charged. She maintainecl that thesubject checks wel'e deposited to Accorrnr irto. S-OO3 TZ4B40 maintainecl by theresporrclenl at lvletrobank Errnita ('Manila) Branch. She submittect a Certificarion,

, dated 05 Novernber'2008, issued by th.e Branch Operations Ofticer of ivletrqsank. Errnita Branch which fevealecl that lvletrobank check Nos. 4830146172 and..: : 4ffiA145386 wer:e deposited to the aforementioned account of Atty. cle los

ol] 10 September 2009, the responclerrtis counsel fileci a ]vlotron to Aclnit a I

.B Certificati.on, dafecl 09 September 2009, issuecl by the Baguio-lr,,Iagsaysa],'Brancir'-'i of N{etrobarLk. The Certificaiion cliscloses rlr.at lvleirobank Check I{o. 4c13016S143

was deposited to Account No, 00.I3-01246t)57-0 belongrng to UfuI.

After a judicious review ancl evaluation of the evider-ice extant on therecorcls, the turclersignecl Investigating Prosecutor fincts no pr.obable c:ause torncli* the responclent with the offense cirargecl.

The cotnplainant failecl to establish ti'rat tire responclent rnisappropriatedthe atnoturts coverecl by the five (5) IvJetrobank chelks. There is 1o er,-ic1elce thatthe subject checks vvere cleposited to the cornplaiirant's barrk accoLmt. A perusalof fuIetrobank Check Nos. 4S301531.43 (Annex "P"),4830163954 (Annex "A" 01.

"C:'), 483(:)'1(i,1198 (,tnnex "E") ancl 4830Id6982'(Rr',ne* "F") cliscioses that [hesaicl for-r checks lvere cleposited to Accoru'rt. No" p03- 3-01"246057-0. -Itris fact isconfirmecl i.n, tJre Certification, ciate<l i9 hilnlr 2009 (Arure4 2, Cou,rrt.ir:-Af [iciavit),issuecl by the. Ir4etrobank rvhi.ch also rerrealecl that'the said bar* accorurtbelongs, not to herern respondent, but to the Uruversitlr of ]Vlar^rila. l

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De kon'us. De las SnntosFor: Estafa

Lrsofar" as Check No. 4830167344 (Arrnex "G"), urhile it appears that ittr{/as deposj.ted at the lr{agsaysa}, Brancir of Metrobank jn Bagr-rio Cit1r, ghs

i i accoturt to which the said check was creditecl is'not showrr at the clorsal por.riorr .' o{ the ctiecli, Hc,wever, the Metlo'trirrr}i Certificatioru clated 19 lr,1ay 2009,

corrJirmerl that the said check was cJeposited to the bank, accorult bclonging toUIVI.

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Ttre $arrre bank certification nlso co::Lfirmect the ileclarlation of Gruurar,vaI ' thal since he does not have a'bank accoLiRt, he usually asks I'uis Office (UM) or('j, his sr-rper:\risor, herein reqponclent Att]/, de tros Santos, to encash his checks

It is atrso u,ofihy to mgntion tirat the subject cn-ecks bear the sigrature of'the cornplairrant, Except for the bare allegaiiong of the'cornpiainant's vyltlress

Hilcla Beleno, it was not sarisfactoriiy'established that the checks were prbparecl

anct issued upon the instructi.ons of tire responclent.

' : The second. Metrobank CertifiCation, dated 09 Septefnber 2009, was not

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consiclerecl in resolving this case since the same vvas submiited only after the

! i\ case hacl lreen sulrmitted for lesolution.L,,/

!1/HER El}Rl,premises considerecl, it is respectfullJ, recommenclecl that

the charge of EIiTASA filed against ATTY. ERNESTO t. DE LOS SAi{TOq

be DLSI{ISSED, fsr'1ack of probable causg'j

SO RESOLVED.

Ir,{an:iia, September 11, 2009,

APPROVED:

FOR :rHE,1.slT"Y:

RAYh4u NDM{z-APoLo2rrd Assistant CifY Prosecutor

Chief, Seventh Division

,mrDER\P. 11i\N,IOS

ssistant Citlr Prosecutormher, Ser,'enth Dirrision